The troupe’s dancers wear colorful, traditional costumes for dabke, a folk dance popular in many Levantine countries, including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

Learning Dabke can help maintain Arab culture and promote it positively. The Dabke originates from the Levantine regions, including Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, according to City Dance ...

I have recently seen evidence from reliable sources that the fair canceled the performance of the Palestinian Dance Troupe Canaan Wellspring Dabke because the group was "controversial" and that ...

Middle Eastern Festival draws thousands each year to the West St. Paul church for a weekend of Lebanese food, Arabic music, dance and camel rides.

LAWRENCE — Music will pulse and food will abound at Mahjaran, a three-day festival where the sounds, sights and smells embody the feel of a Lebanese village.

Explore the stories behind iconic Arab folk dances like Dabke, Tanoura, and Ardah, and how they keep culture and tradition ...

Created by Palestinian dance maker Amir Sabra, Within this Party is a unique improvisational dance performance coming to this year's First Fortnight festival that blends the traditional ...

Hadar’s work, which is the backbone of the film, grapples with Israeli folk dance’s appropriation of Palestinian dabka and, more broadly, Palestinian dispossession. She also explores the use and/or ...

An exciting and welcoming community event organised by a Palestinian woman living here in Mayo is taking place as 'Mayo ...

Even the Palestinian folk dance “dabke” in which dancers perform in a line or semicircle and hold hands and shoulders is a symbol of resilience and resistance.

The peaceful protest, which began with impassioned chants and calls for justice, ended on a more celebratory note, as participants joined together for a traditional Arabic Dabke dance.